About the MACC Fund
Founded in 1976, Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (the MACC Fund) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to funding childhood cancer and related blood disorder research like sickle cell disease. Our goal is to be "cured out of existence."
MACC FACTS
*Childhood cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death in children after the newborn period.
*Since 1976, the MACC Fund has contributed $36 million dollars to childhood cancer and related blood disorder research.The MACC Fund supports:
*In 2006, the MACC Fund, Inc. made a commitment of $3.5 million to the Paul Carbone Cancer Center of the University of Wisconsin – Madison in support of childhood cancer research. This followed years of support starting in 1985 taking the total contributed to UW over $6 million.*The 2008 pledge created research facilities totaling 14,000 square feet devoted to pediatric oncology. The “MACC Fund – UW Childhood Cancer Research Wing” provided full laboratory space for six research teams in the Wisconsin Interdisciplinary Medical Research Center (WIMR) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
* The University of Wisconsin Paul Carbone Cancer Center is the only comprehensive cancer center in Wisconsin, as designated by the National Cancer Institute. An integral part of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the cancer center unites more than 250 physicians and scientists who work together in translating discoveries from research laboratories into new treatments that benefit cancer patients.
*Through its support of critical research efforts and its primary beneficiaries, the MACC Fund Research Center of the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Paul Carbone Cancer Center of University of Wisconsin where research is conducted in the MACC Fund - UW Childhood Cancer Research Wing. Translational or clinical research is also supported in the MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
*The Trek 100 - Ride for Hope is the MACC Fund's largest fundraiser. Held annually in June, the Trek 100 is in its 21st year, and has raised over $8 million to help fight childhood cancer and related blood disorders.
